The scoreboard shows 95-96; the Cleveland Cavaliers are trailing the Los Angeles Lakers by one point. It is the final game of the NBA season and Lebron James is leading Cleveland through their victorious season. One year earlier, the team coach drafted James into Cleveland's team hoping that this amateur would demonstrate the winning edge to the Cavaliers. The coach anticipated witnessing Lebron playing in a game; all doubts vanished when he realized the true …
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…strength and leaps in the air, preparing to slam a hook-shot dunk through the net. As he soars through the air, in what seems to be slow motion with a bead of sweat trickling down his cheek, splattering onto the ground like a raindrop, his hand performs a half-circle above his head and the ball rips through the net as he hangs onto the rim. Instantaneously, the buzzer sounds, announcing the end of the game.